Kirby's Blowout Blast
Kirby's Blowout Blast | |
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Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Shinya Kumazaki Tatsuya Kamiyama |
Producer(s) | Satoshi Mitsuhara Hitoshi Yamagami |
Designer(s) | Yutaka Watanabe |
Programmer(s) | Hiroshi Ohnishi |
Composer(s) | Hirokazu Ando Jun Ishikawa |
Series | Kirby |
Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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Genre(s) | Action platformer |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Kirby's Blowout Blast is a 2017 video game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame in Kirby: Planet Robobot. The game was praised by reviewers for its replayability, but criticized for being too repetitive.
Gameplay
[edit]Kirby's Blowout Blast does not feature Copy Abilities, with Kirby only being able to jump and inhale. Gameplay revolves around Kirby inhaling objects and enemies, and spit them out as a projectile. Killing enemies with those two abilities starts a combo, earning you points. If the player gets a high enough high score on each level in a world, they will unlock more challenging versions of each of those levels.[1]
Development and release
[edit]Kirby's Blowout Blast is an expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame in Kirby: Planet Robobot.[2] The game released for the Nintendo 3DS on July 6, 2017, after the release of the Nintendo Switch.[3] It was announced in a Nintendo Direct alongside Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, which released in April 2017.[4]
Reception
[edit]Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 69/100[5] |
Publication | Score |
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Nintendo Life | 7/10[1] |
Pocket Gamer | 3.5/5[6] |
Destructoid | 6/10[7] |
Cubed3 | 7/10[8] |
Tim Latshaw of Nintendo Life stated that the game's levels encouraged replayability, but did not vary much. He also praised the game's graphics.[1] In his review for Vice, Chris Schilling called the game "another successful spin-off" for the series.[3] Jon Mundy of Pocket Gamer called the game satisfying, stating that he enjoyed how the game handled spitting projectiles.[6] The game was heavily criticized by Markus Grundmann of Eurogamer, who found the levels repetitive.[9] In his review for Cubed3, Drew Hurley praised the game's replayability, but criticized it for being too short and easy.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Latshaw, Tim (18 July 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast review". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Skrebels, Joe (28 June 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast Gets a Release Date". IGN. Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ a b Schilling, Chris (9 July 2017). "'Kirby's Blowout Blast' Doesn't Suck or Blow, Even When Its Hero Does". Vice. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Rose, Bryan. "New Kirby Games On the Way For 3DS". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ "Kirby's Blowout Blast". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ a b Mundy, Jon (12 September 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast 3DS review - A tasty but insubstantial amuse-bouche". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Carter, Chris. "Review: Kirby's Blowout Blast". Destructoid.
- ^ a b Hurley, Drew. "Kirby's Blowout Blast (Nintendo 3DS) Review". Cubed3. Archived from the original on 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Grundmann, Markus (7 July 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-15.